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Saiburi, Thailand - With his hands tucked in his jacket pockets, Anas Pongpraset slightly nods towards two collapsed buildings in front of him. "That's where the car bomb
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Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of Japan's Nissan Motor Company, has told a Tokyo court he is innocent of charges of financial misconduct in his first public appearance since
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The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in the US state of Alabama has revoked its award honouring global human rights activist Angela Davis. Davis, a former member of the
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BEIRUT: Lebanon on Monday resisted mounting pressure from Hezbollah to invite a delegation from Syria to an Arab economic summit next week in Beirut. Syrian leader Bashar Assad
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BEIRUT: Lebanon on Monday resisted mounting pressure from Hezbollah to invite a delegation from Syria to an Arab economic summit next week in Beirut. Syrian leader Bashar Assad
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NEW YORK: Human trafficking is becoming more “horrific” in conflict zones, where armed groups keep women as sex slaves and use child soldiers to spread fear, the UN said
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has praised Donald Trump's decision last month to pull US troops out of Syria but said the withdrawal must be done carefully and
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in China for a four-day visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, as preparations increase for a second summit with US
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Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of Japan's Nissan Motor Company, has told a Tokyo court he is innocent of charges of financial misconduct in his first public appearance since
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ANKARA: A delegation of top US officials will visit Turkey on Tuesday to discuss joint plans after the US withdraws from Syria. US National Security Advisor John Bolton,
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ANKARA: A delegation of top US officials will visit Turkey on Tuesday to discuss joint plans after the US withdraws from Syria. US National Security Advisor John Bolton,
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ANKARA: A delegation of top US officials will visit Turkey on Tuesday to discuss joint plans after the US withdraws from Syria. US National Security Advisor John Bolton,
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is visiting China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to state media in both countries. The Korean Central News Agency
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US President Donald Trump announced on Monday he would make a prime-time address and visit the US-Mexico border this week as the partial federal government shutdown entered its
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Key parts of the US government shut down on December 22 after Donald Trump and Democratic politicians hit an impasse over the president's request for $5bn in funding
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ANKARA: A delegation of top US officials will visit Turkey on Tuesday to discuss joint plans after the US withdraws from Syria. US National Security Advisor John Bolton,
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DUBAI: Visitors to Oman will soon be able to obtain their visas via a mobile app, national daily Times of Oman reported, citing the Royal Oman Police (ROP).
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in recent days taken aim at what seems to be his main opponent ahead of upcoming elections: corruption investigations that may
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The eastern Orthodox church has over 250 million members around the world, with its spiritual leader based in Istanbul. But for followers in Ukraine, there's a new found
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Sea Watch 3, three nautical miles south of Malta - The waves finally calmed down, giving those suffering seasickness some relief and time to walk out of the small overcrowded
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Gaza Strip - The Palestinian Authority (PA) has said it will withdraw its staff from the Rafah crossing between Gaza Strip and Egypt, effectively shutting down the main
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RAFAH, Gaza: Hamas employees retook control of the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Monday after the Palestinian Authority withdrew its own staff, an AFP journalist and
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BAGHDAD: Visits by Iraqi officials to Israel announced by the Jewish state stirred controversy Monday in Iraq, where the deputy parliamentary speaker demanded a probe to identify those
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DUBAI: A close aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday US officials had approached him during a visit he made last month to Afghanistan
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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has resigned, more than three years before his terms ends in 2022, the multilateral lender said on Monday. Kim, 59, said that
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One of the most senior figures of the French Catholic Church involved in a sexual abuse scandal has gone on trial. Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyon
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More than 800 protesters have been arrested in anti-government demonstrations held across Sudan since last month, a senior government minister has said. "The total number of protesters arrested
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